Day One.

At the end of the day... I came into this world alone, and I am going to leave it alone. As sad as that sounds, its true... so its important to believe in something, its important to know that there is something to work towards and look forward too, and its important to know that someone is looking out for me too.

So beyond believing in something, I have to quiet my mind and organize all these thoughts and feeling. In an earlier blog I posted that I recently saw "Eat, Pray, Love" so... in the spirit of the movie... I meditated today!

Mediation is just a BIG word quieting your mind, breathing and letting your mind calm it self! As cheesy as it sounds and probably looks, its pretty awesome, I visualized things i want, and just allowed my mind to connect with my heart and work through some things. DISCLAIMER today wasnt a down day so I will try this on a bad, near tears day and see if it still works!!

Finding Myself...

So, I am on a journey to self discovery. When someone asks themselves Who am I? What type of answers should they respond with?
    I am...
a woman
a college student
a teacher
a daughter
a sister

BUT...those are all roles I play, hats a juggle and things I am to other people, but who am I really and who is it I want to be? What kind of woman do I want to be remembered as? Granted, this will change as a matriculate through life but today, who am I?

This philosophical question, plagues many people as they try to find or change their place in this world. I, like many young women my age, have allowed a great love of mine (or the greatest love I've known thus far) rob me of who I am, strip me of all things that make me Ashley... leaving me wondering, who I am?

I recently watched "Eat, Pray, Love", and as much as I wish I could take a year off my life and travel to find myself, I cannot. I must find myself and my balance in a more realistic way... so here goes...